Unlimited Ambition

"Why?!" Sayaka looked at me with disappointment, even despair. I knew, of course, that it was incredibly difficult for a young girl to abandon all her reserve and confess her feelings to someone. Especially for a sensitive girl like Sayaka. If she wasn't careful, things would most likely go wrong. It wasn't even impossible that Sayaka would despair and turn into a witch right in front of me.

"Don't you like me? I don't need any title or promises, just a little comfort, a little hug... no, you can just lie to me. Please, Wright." Sayaka hugged me with tears streaming down her face.

"..."

“Wright…”

Sayaka, I love you.

"Uh-huh."

"I like you."

"I like you."

"I like you."

"I like it, I like it, I like it..."

At this moment, all my previous plans were completely forgotten, and only one thing remained in my mind.

The girl in front of me is Sayaka.

I finally understood my own heart. Deep down, I still like—no, I should say, I really like her. I like her personality, I like her as a person, I like everything about her.

In short, I hugged Sayaka, then gently placed her on the bed and kissed her lips.

"Love me..." Sayaka's eyes sparkled as she looked directly at me. She spoke in an extremely shy voice, almost inaudible.

"It might hurt a little at first." I gently nibbled at Sayaka's earlobe, whispering this to her as I slowly entered her body. I listened to her moans, rising in intensity, before piercing the hymen that testified to her virginity. Under the midnight moonlight, Sayaka and I became one.

- Strange.

The truth is this: After I hugged Sayaka, what I said was, "I'm sorry."

"Please, Wright, hold me."

"I'm sorry, Sayaka."

Please pay more attention to me.

"sorry."

"Please... even if you're just lying to me, please..."

"……sorry."

Finally, Sayaka ran out crying, and I had no intention of chasing after her.

"That's about it. This timeline is almost over." I muttered to myself in a very low voice, just as I heard the door open. Sayaka transformed into a magical girl in an instant, seemingly going to find something to chop down. And behind her was Madoka's voice...

"Sayaka?!"

Madoka called out Sayaka's name as she chased after her.

So, what would Madoka do if she saw her best friend turn into a witch right in front of her?

Will you hate me?

perhaps.

But so what?

Night, street. Sayaka and Madoka had a big fight—mostly Sayaka's argument, while Madoka wanted to mediate but didn't know what to say—and afterwards, looking dejected, she boarded a bus. It was quite late, so the bus was almost empty. Only two men dressed like male escorts from a nightclub were chatting beside her.

"So you should treat women like livestock. If they don't listen to you, just hit them. There's no need to be too polite to them."

"Yes, if you're even slightly polite to them, they'll immediately demand a formal title from you. They'll cry and make a scene, it's such a hassle."

"Yeah, at this point, all you have to do is make a fist gesture at her and say, 'If you say that again, I'm going to hit you.' That way, she'll behave like a dog."

"That's right, just like dogs, you have to use both praise and punishment to make them work hard to earn money for us."

"That's right. But then again, those women can only work hard while they're young. Otherwise, how much money can they earn? In a few years, when they're old and their looks have faded, they'll be completely useless."

"That's how it is..."

At this moment, Sayaka silently walked up to the two of them and said, "So, those women who are willing to risk their lives for you must really like you, right?"

The two men had only been talking so freely because there weren't many people around, but they hadn't expected to attract Sayaka's attention. They were both a little embarrassed.

"Excuse me, miss, is it alright for you to be out so late? Where are your family members?"

"So, they've already worked so hard and sacrificed so much—and you just treat them like tools, like dogs? Can't you even give them a little bit of love?!"

At that moment, Sayaka's aura of blood intensified instantly. Then, amidst the screams of the two men, she hacked away with her sword—one slash after another—severing their limbs and heads. She then chopped their still-twitching bodies into a pulp, followed by a maniacal laugh.

kill.

kill.

There was also killing.

Sayaka suddenly seemed to understand something: If it's a dog, then it's a dog. If it's a tool, then it's a tool. At least, that's what Light hoped for. She wanted me to kill more monsters, so I'd kill more monsters. That way, she'd praise me, right? Dogs, women, magical girls—anything to kill a witch would earn praise, right? That would be enough. That would allow me to survive.

"Heh, heh heh heh, heh, heh..." With such delusions, Sayaka fought desperately against the monsters, and finally collapsed in the battle.

He fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

If this continues, I'll die.

"At least, at least before I die... Wright... you bastard... at least come and see me one last time..."

"Hey, are you still alive?" Sayaka heard the voice of the person next to her at that moment.

“...It’s you.” Sayaka barely opened her eyes and recognized the person as Homura Akemi, whom she had met a few times but had never been close to.

"Did you come here to see how pathetic I am?" Sayaka said to Homura Akemi with a mocking smile.

"Here, take this." Homura Akemi didn't say anything, but took out a Sad Seed from her pocket and threw it next to Sayaka.

“Heh…” Sayaka had no intention of using this thing at all and simply tossed it aside.

"If you don't use the Seed of Sorrow soon, you won't be able to hold on much longer."

"So what?"

“I want to help you,” Homura Akemi replied.

Sayaka didn't say anything, she just kept smiling.

"Why won't you accept my help?" Homura Akemi continued to ask.

"Because... what you said is false, right? You never intended to help me at all."

"Why do you say that?" Homura Akemi raised an eyebrow, then asked calmly.

“Perhaps it’s just intuition. I see it in your eyes, a kind of loss of faith in everything, just acting mechanically and mechanically. Everything you do is just for self-comfort. It’s like a patient who knows they’re terminally ill, but still takes medication. It’s like saying they’re still taking medication, haven’t given up, still have hope… You’re probably almost there too. I really want to see you break down… Hehe, hehe, hehehe…” Then, Sayaka laughed hysterically.

"You..." Homura Akemi's expression changed instantly, as if her secret had been exposed. She then transformed into a magical girl, an automatic pistol already pointed at Sayaka.

"So... rather than letting you live and causing Madoka pain, I'd rather kill you now." After saying this, Homura Akemi hardened her heart and decided to pull the trigger. However, this was the first time she had ever personally killed a magical girl who could be called a comrade, so her hand paused for a moment.

"Wait a minute!" Sayaka suddenly called out to Homura Akemi.

"...Then, pick up that one from the ground, and don't do it again—" Homura Akemi thought Sayaka had changed her mind and breathed a sigh of relief, saying this to Sayaka.

"I wanted to ask, how has Wright been these past few days?"

"He's looking for you too. But you've been too active these past few days, so he hasn't been able to find you," Homura Akemi replied.

“…I see.” Sayaka looked relaxed, and then said to Homura Akemi, “If I die, at least he’ll remember, right? So let’s just die like this… Shoot, quickly.”

"And... he seems to want to sign a contract with another girl." Homura Akemi was, after all, someone who had undergone a long period of training. So, she quickly came up with this idea.

"Is...that's how it is?" Sayaka suddenly became very excited: "You, you mean..."

“If this continues, Wright will start flirting with other girls and completely forget about you,” Homura Akemi said.

"Have you... forgotten me?" Sayaka stared blankly, then chuckled. "That's true... Magical girls like us are pretty much the same as dogs. Changing to another dog is such a simple thing... Even if that's not the case, how much longer can I do this? No, I can't... Light..."

"So it still doesn't work?" Homura Akemi looked at Sayaka lying on the ground, as if she were seeing herself in the future, and drew her gun again.

—Immediately afterwards, a barrage of javelins rained down from the sky, aimed directly at Homura Akemi, who was preparing to kill Sayaka. Homura Akemi snorted coldly, time stopped, and she ran out of the range of the javelins.

"May I borrow this for a moment?" Then, I descended from the sky, holding Kyoko by the waist, and landed in front of Homura Akemi, picking up the Sorrow Seed from the ground...

Chapter Thirty-Five seems quite cute.

I appeared before Sayaka and then took out a total of five Sorrow Seeds from my pocket. Adding them to the one Homura Akemi had thrown over earlier, there were a total of six, which was enough to heal the filth on Sayaka's accumulated Soul Gems.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking on my part—there is a prerequisite for using the Seed of Sorrow, which is the will of the magical girls. In other words, if the magical girls do not want to use the Seed of Sorrow, then the Seed of Sorrow will not be used.

Just like Sayaka is in now, she just looks at me and cries, just cries, without saying a word, just crying in front of me, no, I should say, just shedding tears. From beginning to end, Sayaka did not make any sound, just silently shed tears.

"At least say something." In the end, I gave up on trying to persuade Sayaka and took a step back, saying this to her.

"Even if, even just a tiny bit... even one in a million... you can't give me that much love?" Sayaka asked me, her voice trembling.

I took her hand and then gently placed it on my face.

“I really like you, Sayaka…like…like a daughter.”

"Not even a younger sister... I know you're a bit older... but, daughter? Hey, you over there, uncle, are you trying to drive Sayaka crazy?" Homura Akemi was speechless after hearing my words. Her previously vague romantic feelings for me now seemed utterly absurd.

This guy is actually 4.7 billion years old... I hadn't noticed before.

"Heh, heh heh, heh heh heh heh..." Immediately after a series of miserable laughs, Sayaka's entire body was instantly transformed into pure magical matter, and then instantly reassembled. Then, a barrier instantly appeared around us.

In other words, a witch.

Sayaka ultimately chose to become a witch.

“Damn it…” Unlike Homura Akemi, who felt a sense of irony, Kyoko, who came with me, felt unusually relaxed. Finally, her despicable rival succumbed to the pressure of being a magical girl and self-destructed. That way, even if Kyubey stabbed her, he wouldn't be able to criticize my actions anymore—but why, why do I feel so terrible? Am I pitying her? How could I? That last bit of pity I had for others should have turned to ashes along with my father and sister long ago…

Then.

It is fear.

The rabbit mourns the fox's death.

That's right, that's it.

Seeing Sayaka's tragic fate, who shared a similar experience with her, Kyoko's resolve began to waver. Fear, anger, and pleasure mingled together, creating a strange feeling that left Kyoko momentarily disoriented—and then, she nearly got stabbed.

The witch has appeared.